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The gaffe occurred in the third inning against Minnesota, when Jones was drilled in the left side of his mouth by a 90 mph fastball from Twins reliever Justin Haley.

Jones went down but then sprang to his feet, tossed his helmet away and ran up the third base line in the direction of the Tigers' dugout.

He told the Detroit News: 'I was like, "Get up. Just don’t lay on the ground."'

He added: 'When I saw the blood I knew it was bad. But I was like, "Just run it off." I don’t know what I was thinking.'

Jones was met by manager Brad Ausmus and a trainer, who put a towel to Jones' bleeding mouth. He was escorted back to the bench and removed from the game.

'They think his teeth are all intact,' Ausmus said.

The ball is seen right before it hits Jones in the face. Jones emerged with all his teeth intact and required nine stiches

Jones, pictured immediately after getting hit in the face, said: 'I am lucky it hit me in my big lip and just made it bigger. It's all good'

Jones, pictured, is a 24-year-old rookie. The Tigers won Saturday's game 5-4 and also beat the Twins on Sunday 13-4

Regarding the moment he went down, Jones said: 'I was like, "Get up. Just don’t lay on the ground."' He added: 'When I saw the blood I knew it was bad. But I was like, "Just run it off." I don’t know what I was thinking'

Tigers catcher James McCann said: 'It's no fun to get hit. It's a whole other story, you get hit in the face.'

He added: 'No protection. That's not a lot of fun and you don't like to see that happen to your teammates.'

Detroit starter Matthew Boyd was ejected two innings later when he threw behind Twins slugger Miguel Sano, who pointed his finger at Boyd and yelled out toward the mound.

McCann intervened and appeared to put his mitt in the face of Sano, who reacted immediately with a punch to McCann's mask and chest protector, touching off a bench-clearing scuffle.

Tigers manager Brad Ausmus, left, met Jones on the field and applied a towel to his bleeding mouth

Jones, who was removed from the game following the injury, was placed on the Tigers's 10-day disabled list

Jones is pictured catching a ball hit by Brian Dozier of the Minnesota Twins during the first inning of Friday's game against the Twins. The home team won that game 6-3

There was plenty of pushing and shoving near home plate as both benches and bullpens emptied, but there did not appear to be any other punches thrown.

Sano and Boyd were both ejected.

The Tigers and Twins faced off on both Friday and Sunday as well. On Friday, the Twins won 6-3 and on Sunday, the Tigers won again 13-4.

The Tigers will next play on their home turf against the Seattle Mariners, while the Twins will head south for a face off against the Texas Rangers.